Tang Jian said at this time:

"Sage, the minister thought that he had built more than ten fire fish for the canal first, and Li Jiancheng said that the difficulty of this thing was not very great, and it was technically qualified. If the ships going to and from the south of the Yangtze River can go to Chang'an in five days, and the ships from Luoyang can go to Chang'an in one day and night, it is of strategic value. ”

Li Shimin laughed heartily a few times: "You said less, my father and emperor clamored to go to Huayuan to see it in person, and even asked to make a hundred first, but I knew that it was absolutely impossible, this matter can be done, and the number of ministers can be discussed with Huayuan County in detail." ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin stood up: "You are all important ministers and pillars of the Tang Dynasty. It's not that I believe in anyone, but the Huayuan Forbidden Area actually hasn't even been to the Inner Forbidden Zone, the Ghost Worker Valley. The emperor wanted to go there, and I persuaded him. When I was still the king of Qin, the emperor promised Liu Mu. ”

Having said this, the ministers can not understand.

As soon as the ministers made eye contact, Xiao Yu immediately spoke: "Sage, the minister thinks that the ghost worker valley is an extremely hard place, and it can be called a ghost worker, all of which are strange materials. ”

"Yes." Li Shimin nodded.

Chen believes that it is a place to study more advanced skills, not a place to play like Qujiangchi. The sage's decision-making ministers thought it was very appropriate, and if they really let the ministers go, they might not be able to understand it, and it would disturb the work of the Ghost Worker Valley, so the ministers only needed to know the result. ”

"Yes, that's right." Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction.

"The minister cares, how many iron donkeys can be built?" Cui Junsu directly put forward what he wanted most.

He knew very well that this iron donkey could reduce the cost of linen craftsmen by seventy percent, or even more. So he took advantage of the meeting to learn about the steam engine in the past few days, and he wrote a table, which was handed over to him.

Li Shimin took the watch and looked at it.

"This!"

It's not that Li Shimin can't understand it, or anything else, but he suddenly found that Cui Junsu's watch was written so simply and directly, without the slightest gorgeous words, and went straight to the point.

Cui Junsu said: "The advantages must be learned, Liu Yuma's official documents are simple and direct, without those flashy words, and the minister thinks it is desirable." But at this time, this is not the case. The minister thought that the Ministry of Household Funding, the Ministry of Industry Management, and the Ministry of Officials should first send appropriate officials. The establishment of the first yarn workshop in Datang is imminent. ”

"Does the household have that much money?" Li Shimin knows how many families Datang has.

Cui Junsu replied confidently: "Sage, what the minister learned from Liu Juma is not only a concise table, but also two things. One is national bonds, and the other is stocks. There are these two things, the money of the household department is sufficient, and the national debt is used for the initial funds of the construction of the workshop at the time of the westward expedition, and the debt is repaid after the westward expedition. ”

"This matter needs to be discussed."

"Sage, the minister just hopes that after getting permission, the household department will come up with a complete plan in detail. No, it is the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Officials who jointly come up with a complete plan. ”

After Cui Junsu finished speaking, he waited for Li Shimin's answer.

Li Shimin quickly looked through the preliminary idea, and then showed it to everyone. Xiao Yu said: "The minister thinks that it is more important to build the first largest farm in the Tang Dynasty first. And the state of Tuntian, has always been a military tun. It can now be returned to the state capital, or it can be turned into a state-owned farm. ”

In the past, the first reaction of the great nobles was to occupy the land.

At this time, the big nobles wanted to be state-owned.

How many fields did Liu Mu manage, and with such a small amount of land and a workshop, Liu Mu's could support a strong army like Shen Cewei who piled up with silver.

Just ask that big nobleman to dare to say that the hundreds of thousands of acres of land in his family can support Shen Cewei.

In a word, selling goods to the first corner of the world is much higher than the return on annexing land. The dispute between the ownerless land and the country will fall into the problem of the late Han Dynasty, and then the court and the nobility will become enemies before that.

Li Shimin felt a headache: "This, the discussion is chaotic." ”

"Sage, there are too many things to discuss. Forgive me, you shouldn't have kept it a secret for so long, if I had been asked to know about the iron donkey and the iron ox earlier, and I started to lay out it two years ago, there would be no mountains of things to discuss today. Xiao Yu stood up and boldly accused Li Shimin.

This is the Tang Dynasty, the courtiers thought that the emperor was wrong, so they spoke directly.

So will Tang Emperor Li Shimin be angry?

The answer is no.

Li Shimin said: "Xiao Gong is wrong, I am not wrong, but meritorious." Or if I don't find a way to make all of Huayuan public, I'm afraid that this bastard Liu Mu will keep it secret until the day when the dragon car needs to build a railway. ”

"If that's the case, well, please plead." Xiao Yu changed quickly.

Everyone in the Tang Dynasty knows that Liu Mu relied on the tokens and promises given by the Emperor Li Yuan back then, and Hua Yuan was impenetrable, and he didn't release any news.

"Guys, let's continue the discussion." Cui Dunli said at this time: "The minister will let the fleet go west in the past few days, and then arrange for the university to invite guests from afar as guest doctors. ”

Du Ruhui also said: "The Western Expedition is an important matter at the moment, and the iron donkey is also related to the centennial national fortune of the Tang Dynasty. The minister thought that the cabinet should be formed immediately, and after the cabinet was formed, the daily state affairs ......"

"I think it......

Li Shimin pressed his head, he never expected that a steam engine would suddenly make state affairs complicated.

It seems that Yanagiki's words are not wrong.

Artillery changed the pattern of warfare, and steam engines changed the pattern of the times.

Liu Mu hid, Li Shimin finally understood why Liu Mu was hiding, and if Liu Mu didn't run, he would be tied to this endless discussion within half a year.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the important ministers of the Tang Dynasty had no way to enjoy the lanterns.

It can be said that the officials of Chang'an began to enter the days of overtime every day, the western expedition was busy, and the iron donkey was a major event related to the national fortune of a century, and no one dared to slack off.

Liu Mu hid, but after arriving in Hangzhou, he did not dare to go to sea on his own steamboat, because this was only a flat-bottomed boat.

After living in the manor in Hangzhou, what Liu Mu didn't expect was that many people chased after him, such as Wang Junjun of the Wang family and Zheng Yuanxuan of the Zheng family.

They didn't have the speed of a steamboat, but they weren't too slow to sail down the river.

Liu Mu encountered a small challenge in Hangzhou for the first time in his life, which was both fragrant and embarrassing.

Dugu Lanruo was tasting the fruits transported from Lingnan in the house, while looking at the rocking car made by Liu Mu for Xiaolin and the wind chime, but she didn't expect that Liu Mu's carpentry skills had not been forgotten.

I was thinking about the little carpenter from before.

At the bottom of the house, Xie Xing'er sat there silently sipping the black tea from his hometown, which was quite close to what Liu Mu said was the first red in the world, at least Liu Mu praised it.